Cession

Definition:

(n.) A yielding to physical force.
(n.) Concession; compliance.
(n.) A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.
(n.) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.
(n.) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.

Compare cession with other words:

assignment vs. cession